TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS AUTHOR JAMES LEE NATHAN III! James Lee Nathan III author, was born in Birmingham, Alabama and moved to Jackson Heights Queens NY in 1963. He grew up in Corona and East Elmhurst and graduated from the HS of Art and Design in 1979. He entered the US AirContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #8”
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BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #7
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS ALICIA MCCALLA! It took thirty years for Alicia McCalla to accept her calling as a writer of “unusual stories.” Always writing edgy tales that pushed the envelope. She learned to hide her violent, heart-pumping,and tragically romantic stories from family and friends. It wasn’t until she joined RWA that sheContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #7”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #6
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS MAURICE BROADDUS! Maurice Broaddus has written hundreds of short stories, essays, novellas, and articles. His dark fiction has been published in numerous magazines, anthologies, and web sites, including Asimov’s Science Fiction, Cemetery Dance, Apex Magazine, and Weird Tales Magazine. He is the co-editor of the Dark Faith anthologyContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #6”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #5
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS VALJEANNE JEFFERS Valjeanne Jeffers is a graduate of Spelman College and the author of the SF/fantasy novels: Immortal, Immortal II: The Time of Legend, Immortal III: Stealer of Souls, and the steampunk novels: Immortal IV: Collision of Worlds and The Switch II: Clockwork (includes books 1 and 2). Valjeanne’s fictionContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #5”
Come out to MAP Arts in the Park this Saturday and enter “The Spooky Author Book Bag Benefit Raffle!”
This Saturday, October 12, 2013, the Mooresville Arts Partnership is re-launching Arts in the Park, an annual all day festival exhibiting and celebrating all aspects of art expression in the area. My good friend and fellow local author R.J. Sullivan has ask for “a little help from his friends” and gotten it from, dark fiction authors me, Matthew Barron, Nicole Cushing, Continue reading “Come out to MAP Arts in the Park this Saturday and enter “The Spooky Author Book Bag Benefit Raffle!””
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #4
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS CED PHARAOH! My name is Ced Pharaoh, I was born in Chicago, IL and was married in front of thousands at The African Festival Of Arts. I’m a lifelong bookworm; my earliest favorites were, of course comic books/graphic novels but that branched out into mysteries (Encyclopedia Brown, SherlockContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #4”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #3
TODAY’S SPOTLIGHTED AUTHOR IS SERESSIA GLASS! Seressia Glass is an award-winning author of more than twenty contemporary and paranormal romance and urban fantasy stories. Her current series (Shadowchasers, Sons of Anubis) (see below) are steeped in Egyptian mythology. She lives north of Atlanta with her guitar-wielding husband and two attack poodles. When not writing, she spendsContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #3”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #2
TODAY’S SPOTLIGHTED AUTHOR IS THE LEGENDARY STEVEN BARNES! Steven Barnes is an American science fiction writer, lecturer, creative consultant, and human performance technician. He was born in Los Angeles, CA and is married to writing peer and legendary speculative fiction author, Tananarive Due. The couple reside in California with their son. Barnes also has a daughter fromContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #2”
OCTOBER IS BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH!
EACH DAY WILL FEATURE A SPECULATIVE FICTION AUTHOR/ARTIST OF COLOR! Greetings Staunch Perusers! The month of October is BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH! During this time we celebrate the work and contributions to speculative fiction by People of Color. Many people are either unaware and/or simply choose to ignore the various creative works of ethnic minoritiesContinue reading “OCTOBER IS BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH!”
Indiana Horror Authors to offer workshops at Mooresville Arts in the Park Event
Mooresville Arts in the Park All Day Arts Festival Saturday, October 12! Pioneer Park–Link to directions and park website Flash fiction workshops and product tent! Preregistration preferred, walk-ins welcome Mooresville, IN Website and Facebook I’m very excited to announce an upcoming event taking place during the Arts in the Park festival at Pioneer Park on Saturday, OctoberContinue reading “Indiana Horror Authors to offer workshops at Mooresville Arts in the Park Event”
